Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-08-19
OVER A HUNDRED KILLED.
A FEARFUL ACCIDENT ON THE TOLE-
DO, PEORIA AND WARSAW ROAD.
A Train of Excursionists Goes Crashing
Down Through a Burning Bridge
Over 100 wounded-The Fire sup
posed to Have Been Set by
Plunderers,

ed with some 400 pleasure seekers from
Peoria and vicinity, left Peoria at a. m
yesterday.en route to Niagara Falls. The
train took an extra car at Bloomington
leaving there last night on the Illinois
Central At this point the train was
switched on to the Toledo, Peoria and
Warsaw. Two miles from here near
Piper City, a bridge crossing the Vermil-
lion river had been burned by a prairie
fire. The train went through at / O'Clock
this morning. The two engines were
completely wrecked, also the baggage cars
and the ten passenger coaches, the latter
being telescoped and piled up on top of the
engines. The number Of dead is esti.
mated at 200 and the wounded at $50.
The cars caught fire, but the fire was
put out by the train men and pas
sengers. A heavy rain set in
about two hours after the wreck,
before the wounded could be taken
away The people are doing all they can
for the wounded. Engineer McClintock
was instantly killed. Two firemen and
the other engineer escaped serious injury.
1t is miraculous how any escaped as the
coaches and engines do not occupy over
two Car lengths of the track and all are
on top of the road bed. In one coach no
person escaped In another only woman
Over 100 dead have been taken out and 100
wounded are now in Chatsworth in the
town hall, school house, depot, etc. At
Piper City there are over 80 of the wound
ed.
In the secoud coach was man, wife and
little child, name not learned. The entire
family were caught and held down by the
broken woodwork. When relief came the
man turned feebly and said Take out
my wife first, Pm afraid the child is
dead" They carried out the mother ; as
the broken seat was taken off her crushed
breast the blood welled from her lips and
told how badly she was hurt. They car
ried the child, a girl Of three and laid her
in corn field dead alongside the dying
mother and went back for the father and
brought him out with both legs broken
He crawled through the corn to the side
of his wife, and feeling her features in
the darkness he pressed brandy to her
lips and asked how she felt. A feeble
groan was the only answer and the next
instant she died. The man feeling the forms
of his dead wife and child cried out: My
God, there is nothing more for me to live
for" and taking pistol out of his pocket,
pulled the trigger and the bullet went
through his brain. The three dead bodies
are now lying side by side in Chatsworth
waiting to be identified.
Dr. Hazen of Fort Madison, Iowa, says
the train was running 30 miles per hour.
He felt sudden jar and found himself
and wife under the seats. He pulled the
backs off of two seats before he could get
his wife out. She was bruised ON the body
and both feet were crushed. His
shoulder was dislocatei he had
it pulled into place as soon as he could get
out of the wreck In helping the Others
he put it out again, and had to have it
pulled into place the second time, There |
were nine persons in his party. He can
only hear of 3 so far He says he saw K. d. |
Stoddard hand boy out to lady, while |
he crawled back to get his wife who was
killed Following is list of the wounded |
rs far as identified
+ w Parker and wife, Peoria, wounded in
head and limbs.
Mrs Emma Regan and son, Peoria, slightly |
injured.
John Frye, Peoria, leg broken and back in
jured.
II. H. Ogden, Grayton, H., head and foot Iu
jured.
Florence Boucher, Bayard, Ia, arm hurt.
Pat Brady, Gilman, Ill.,, foot and head hurt.
Sophia Pauline, Peoria. head injured.
CIV Young, West Jersey, hand injured.
CIV Swank, West Jersey, foot and shoulder
injured.
6 A Scott, Toulin, H.. ankle hurt.
Thomas Trimms, Park Ridge, H., arms,
hips and legs hurt
Theodore Godel, Peoria, head and legs in
jured.
Mrs Edith Chellew, Glassford, H., leg dis
located.
Joe Neal, Mossvillc, H., head and limbs in
jured.
Mrs Joe Neal, Mossvllle, H., arm and leg
broken and her baby killed.
Miss Julia Naldejo, Peoria, hurt internally.
Abbie EdmOnds, Disco, H., ankle Injured.
DR. L p Hazen and wife, Fort Madison, Ia,
heads hurt.
Miss Emma Utter, West Point, Ia, head and
limbs hurt
Mrs H G Thorne, Risk, Ia, iajured inter-
nally.
II II Bond, Colchester, ILL.,, injured inter-
nally.
Mrs Thomas McAvoy, Peoria, injured in
ternally.
Mrs w Grant, Peoria, injured internally.
Mary MOrTies, Peoria, bruised.
Robert Zimmerman, Peoria, head and spine
injured.
Il French, Peoria. hips and body injured.
Eaton Waters, Peoria, hips and body in
jurcd.
Otto Johnson, Burlington, Ia, legs hurt.
Mrs X II Clark, Riotstown, la. legs hurt.
q w Cress, " ashington, H., head and chest
injured.
Dechman, Peoria, ankle hurt.
Madge L Harris, Peoria, injured internally.
ANOTHER REPORT OF THE HORROR.
The Number of Known Dead / S--Terrible
Scene of Death.
CHICAGO, Aug. IA special from For
est, Ill, says All the horrors in the his
tory of the country were surpassed three
miles east OF Chatsworth last night, when
a train dropped through burning
bridge. Over 100 people were killed, and
four times that number were badly injur-
ed. The train was composed of six sleep
ing cars, six day coaches and chair cars